Re: Subwoofer rattle normal?
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Re: Subwoofer rattle normal?
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I'm sure some of you might be interested to know the problem resolution, no?
Well... Brent had me poking around the subwoofer a bit to make sure no internal wires were rubbing/hitting against the aluminum woofer. None were. But during my checking, I noticed that when I pushed down on a certain area of the bulbous rubber ring that runs around the aluminum cone, that a 2 or 3 inch stretch of the outer lip of the rubber rim would push up a little bit. Upon closer inspection, I saw that that section of the rubber had become entirely unglued from the subwoofer chassis.
When I played some heavy bass tracks afterwards, I heard the same rattling as before. Then I continued playing the track while using my fingers to press down along the unglued rubber edge and... PRESTO, perfect bass!
Well, the following day I talked to JC (Brent was away) and was blown away by what a quick and trouble-free solution he offered... he'd just send me an entirely new woofer to install into the box. I thought I would've had to refurbish the thing myself with some super-glue, but no! Very, VERY impressive customer service!!!
So, in a few days, I should be up and running smooth, rattle-free bass. Yay!
Thanks Axiom!
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this means no head rattling for you!
glad for you and enjoy!
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Very good. An air leak around the driver could definitely cause rattling. Hopefully it fixes the problem. Nice work.
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An air leak, yes; but more specifically, the flapping of unsecured rubber.
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awesome, good to hear you got it resolved..
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I thought I would've had to refurbish the thing myself with some super-glue, but no! Rubber cement dude, not superglue.... But its a non issue now.. but next time if you ever have a subwoofer that the surround needs repair.
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if it is not under warranty, that would be an option.
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yup, that is how may manufactures attach the cone to the rubber/foam shroud... back in the day anyhow... there are probably stronger more specific types of rubber cement compound out now.
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Excellent Axiom customer service, GC. From some places you might have got "Well then, as long as you hold your fingers there it sounds good, right?"
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